Clyde Hill News: Shooting incident in Medina
I’m sending the newsletter out a little early this week because of this news… there was a shooting incident in Medina on Sunday, April 24th. This update from the City of Medina just came out earlier this evening. How to sign up for Medina’s alerts, and our disclaimer, below.
FROM: Jeffrey Sass, Interim Chief of Police
SUBJECT: Community E-lert® - Shooting Incident in Medina - Sunday, April 24th, 2022
Community E-lert® is a registered trademark of the City of Medina Police Department. This announcement is provided as a public service to residents of Medina and Hunts Point. It is our intention to distribute these E-lerts following an occurrence or condition that may have public safety or community well-being implications.
At approximately 5:45pm on Sunday, April 24th, 2022, an apparent road rage incident occurred in the 2400 block of 84th Avenue NE where one of the involved vehicles fired shots at another vehicle. The driver of the vehicle being fired upon was unharmed and there is no apparent property damage.
A Medina Police Officer happened to be patrolling in the area at the time, did not witness the shooting incident but witnessed erratic driving by the suspect vehicle. The officer attempted to stop the vehicle for the traffic offenses, but the vehicle fled from him at a high rate of speed southbound on 84th Avenue NE.
Shortly thereafter, Bellevue Police were dispatched to an incident on Main Street in downtown Bellevue with a firearm being displayed by an individual with a similar suspect description. A short time after the incident in Bellevue, Redmond Police apprehended the suspect with the vehicle without incident after the suspect reportedly committed yet another similar crime in their jurisdiction. The suspect was booked into jail and additional charges are likely forthcoming.
At the time of the incident, Facebook and Twitter posts were made to briefly and immediately inform the public about police activity in the area. If you have accounts with these two social media services, please consider following the Medina Police Department at medinawapolice (Facebook) and @MedinaPoliceWA(Twitter).
There is no safety concern, and this incident appears to be nothing but a random and unfortunate event. If you have any information that may assist the investigation, please call the Medina Police Department.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this information, please contact the Medina Police Department at 425-233-6420. You may also contact us via email, Interim Chief Jeff Sass can be reached at jsass@medina-wa.gov and Acting Captain Austin Gidlof at agidlof@medina-wa.gov
Disclaimer: while I am a councilmember on the Clyde Hill City Council, I write this newsletter in my capacity as an individual resident. Any opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the position of the City. The information and references here are from public sources. I welcome email responses — and if the topic is about City business I will respond from my City email account.
Medina has an awesome website and a great alert system. You can sign up for their updates here (link).
Dean Hachamovitch